Prostate cancer in relation to diet, physical activity, and body size in blacks, whites, and Asians in the United States and Canada

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 652-661

  Whittemore, Alice S ^a   Kolonel, Laurence N ^b   Wu, Anna H ^c   John, Esther M ^d   Gallagher, Richard P ^e   Howe, Geoffrey R ^f   Burch, J David ^f   Hankin, Jean ^b   Dreon, Darlene M ^g   West, Dee W ^d   Teh, Chong Ze ^e   Paffenbarger, Ralph S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLACKS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERTION; FATTY ACIDS; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0028952799     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/87.9.652     Document Type: Article

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